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coccidophagous

coccidophagous adjective: that feeds on scales.

Adjective

coccidophagous (not comparable)

  1. That feeds on scales.
    • Absence of interference competition at high prey densities has also been reported for the coccidophagous ladybirds Chilocorus bipustulatus L., C.2016 January 13, “Does Mutual Interference Affect the Feeding Rate of Aphidophagous Coccinellids? A Modeling Perspective”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of coccidophagous

From coccido- + -phagous.

Questions about coccidophagous

What does coccidophagous mean?
Coccidophagous means that feeds on scales.
What part of speech is coccidophagous?
Coccidophagous is an adjective.

Words near coccidophagous in the dictionary

  1. coccidium
  2. coccidological
  3. coccidologist
  4. coccidologists
  5. coccidology
  6. coccidophagous
  7. coccidophagy
  8. coccidostat
  9. coccids
  10. cocciferous
  11. cocciform

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